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1000 C00LIDGE STREET
SOUTH PLAINFIELD,JNu.nJ.e0720180,-10109084
Pfizer Incorporated
Minerals, Pigments & Metals Division
Mr. James F. Craffeg
230 Brighton Road
Clifton, NJ 07012
201/561-6100 CABLE "SLEINAD" WUI TELEX# 6858025
Dear Mr. Craffey:
Enclosed for your review i s a letter from the w. T. Rawleigh Co., which states we must include warning labels on shipments of our Code No. 2131 Talc (MP45-26), as outlined on our MSD sheet, under section 5, see attached. This concerns all future shipments to their plant located in the State of Illinois. We have previously sent, under separate cover, o u r standard form letter regarding the asbestos free nature of talc. However, when our letter was presented to the Illinois Department of Labor, Toxic Substance Division, we were rejected on the grounds that talc is exempt, except when inhalable dust is present or can be generated through use. I have a feeling this is a right to know act. The state of Illinois is apparently six months too early and the W. T. Rawleigh Co. has marked our most recent shipment, per section 5 - health hazard data, of the material safety data sheet for nonasbestiform talc.
Please advise as to how we should handle this situation.
Very t r u ly yours,
WHITTAKER, CLARK S DANIELS, INC.
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U S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
O M B No. 4 4 R 1387
Required under USOL Safety and Health Regulations for Ship Repairing, Shipbuilding, and Shipbreaking (29 CFR 1915, 1916, 1917)
SECTION 1
M A N U F A C T U R E R 'S N A M E
WHITT AK ER , CLARK VA N 1 ELS , INCORPORATED
E M E R G E N C Y T E L EP H O N E NO.
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SECTION II HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS
PAIN TS. P R ESER V A TIV ES. & SO LV EN TS
X TLV (Units)
A LLO Y S AND M ET A LLIC CO ATIN G S
PIGM EN TS
BASE M ETAL
CATALYST V EH IC LE SO LV EN TS A O O ITIV ES
ALLOYS
M ETALLIC CO ATIN GS F lL L l METAL. PLUS COATING OR C O P E FL U X OTHERS
OTHERS
H AZA RDO U S M IX TU R ES OF O TH ER LIOUIDS S O U P S OR G A SES
TLV % (U nity)
TLV X (Unita)
S E C T I O N I I VOES NOT A P P L y
BOILING POINT (F.) VAPOR PRESSURE (mmH.J VAPOR DENSITY (AIR-1) SOLUBILITY IN WATER APPEARANCE AND ODOR
SECTION III - PHYSICAL DATA
N/A
Nl A N/A SLIGHT
SPECIFIC GRAVITY (HjOM)
PERCENT, VOLATILE BY VOLUME <%> VAPORATION RATE
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W H I T E POWDER - NO ODOR
SECTION IV FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA
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E X T IN G U IS H IN G m f.o i a
SP EC IA L FIR E FICM TIN C PDOCfOUM ES
N/A
WATER
NONE
fla m m a b le lim it s
N/A
T/iue 2 . 5 - 2 .
N/A N/A
L * l LMI
U N U SU A L FIR E ANO EXPLOSION M ALABO S
NONE
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SECTION V HEALTH HAZARD DATA
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oui eyes with wateK and see a physician.
SECTION VI - REACTIVITY DATA
S T A B ILIT Y
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c o n d it io n s to a v o id
STABLE
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None
H AZA RD O U S DECOM POSITION PRO DUCTS
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HAZARDOUS PO LYM ERIZATION
MAY OCCUR W ILL NOT OCCUR
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CONDI TIONS TO A V O lU
SECTION VII - SPILL OR LEAK PROCEDURES
S T E P S T O B E T A K E N IN C A S E M A T E R I A L IS R E l L A S E O O SM iLLEO
NoKmal clean up
W ASTE DISPOSAL METHOD
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SECTION VIII - SPECIAL PROTECTION INFORMATION
R E S P I R A T O R Y P R O T E C T I O N /Specify type/
PKotective [lilteK] mask.
V E N TILA TIO N
LOCAL EXHAUST
None
S P E C IA L
Adequatem e c h a n i c a l i C M r i i / i ventilation
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SECTION IX SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS
P R EC A U T IO N S TO RE T A K EN in m A N O L in g AN O s t o r in g
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